Is there a bar team out there that doesn’t want to be on the World’s Best Bars list? When you consider how many great talents are out there, making it on to the top 100 is a massive achievement, never mind getting reaching the dizzy heights of the top 50.
This year’s list was more dramatic than most. Yes, yes, New York and London still battled it out for the top spot, with New York coming up trumps this time with Dante sitting proudly at number one. London’s Connaught Bar came in at a none too shabby number two. But look at the rest of the top 10: there’s Floreria Atlantico from Buenos Aires at number three, The Clumsies from Athens sitting tight at number six, Atlas from Singapore at number eight, The Old Man from Hong Kong at number nine and Licorería Limantour from Mexico City at number 10.
Talk about exciting – the top 50 was peppered with plenty of new entries – 17 to be exact, including 15 making their debut, and two, Jerry Thomas Project in Rome and Artesian in London, making a welcome reappearance. Elsewhere Asia and Latin American bars featured highly on the list.
Other highlights include special awards that went to Monica Berg from Tayer + Elementary in London who picked up the coveted Altos Bartenders’ Bartender award; Drink Kong in Rome for the Campari One To Watch; Charles Schumann for his well-deserved Nikka Industry Icon; Native in Singapore for the Ketel One Sustainable Bar Award and London’s American Bar for Asahi Legend of the Year.
As for the rest of the list: check it out below and make it your mission to visit as many of them as possible before the voting begins again.
Happy imbibing!
The World’s 50 Best Bars 2019
| 1 | Dante | New York | USA |
| 2 | Connaught Bar | London | UK |
| 3 | Florería Atlántico | Buenos Aires | Argentina |
| 4 | The NoMad | New York | USA |
| 5 | American Bar | London | UK |
| 6 | The Clumsies | Athens | Greece |
| 7 | Attaboy | New York | USA |
| 8 | Atlas | Singapore | Singapore |
| 9 | The Old Man | Hong Kong | China |
| 10 | Licorería Limantour | Mexico City | Mexico |
| 11 | Manhattan | Singapore | Singapore |
| 12 | Native 2 | Singapore | Singapore |
| 13 | Carnaval | Lima | Peru |
| 14 | Katana Kitten | New York | USA |
| 15 | Guilhotina | São Paulo | Brazil |
| 16 | Three Sheets | London | UK |
| 17 | Himkok | Oslo | Norway |
| 18 | High Five | Tokyo | Japan |
| 19 | Salmón Gurú | Madrid | Spain |
| 20 | Paradiso | Barcelona | Spain |
| 21 | Indulge Experimental Bistro | Taipei | Taiwan |
| 22 | The Dead Rabbit | New York | USA |
| 23 | Coupette | London | UK |
| 24 | The SG Club | Tokyo | Japan |
| 25 | Dr. Stravinsky | Barcelona | Spain |
| 26 | Employees Only | New York | USA |
| 27 | El Copitas | St Petersburg | Russia |
| 28 | Scout | London | UK |
| 29 | Jigger & Pony | Singapore | Singapore |
| 30 | Operation Dagger | Singapore | Singapore |
| 31 | Baba Au Rum | Athens | Greece |
| 32 | La Factoría | Old San Juan | Puerto Rico |
| 33 | Presidente | Buenos Aires | Argentina |
| 34 | Schumann’s | Munich | Germany |
| 35 | Speak Low | Shanghai | China |
| 36 | Little Red Door | Paris | France |
| 37 | Linje Tio | Stockholm | Sweden |
| 38 | The Old Man | Singapore | Singapore |
| 39 | Lyaness | London | UK |
| 40 | Happiness Forgets | London | UK |
| 41 | Swift | London | UK |
| 42 | Trick Dog | San Francisco | USA |
| 43 | Maybe Sammy | Sydney | Australia |
| 44 | 1930 | Milan | Italy |
| 45 | Sober Company | Shanghai | China |
| 46 | Electric Bing Sutt | Beirut | Lebanon |
| 47 | Kwant | London | UK |
| 48 | Artesian | London | UK |
| 49 | Coa | Hong Kong | China |
| 50 | Jerry Thomas Speakeasy | Rome | Italy |
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